Chocolate mint cake vegan gluten free recipe

Delicious chocolate and mint heaven! This vegan gluten free chocolate cake was a hit with those who tried it. I shared it with friends and my husband’s colleagues and no one could believe it was vegan and gluten free. I have been asked to share the recipe and here it is.

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I'm Vanja and I'm a vegan living in Sydney. I was brought up vegetarian from the age of 8. I have been vegan from January 2013 and it was the kindest decision I have ever made.
I'm the website and graphic designer here at The Power Plant, as well as a contributing author. I take my own food photos and I love creating new recipes. In real life I'm a marketing consultant at Stace & Co.

I’m not sure if you’ll get this anytime soon, but I’m hoping I can use peppermint essential oil instead of extract of flavor. It’s all I have and I’m over 100 miles to the nearest store and I’m hoping to make this for my little guy’s birthday tomorrow. Any idea how much? I or course realize how strong the EO is, perhaps 5 drops? More? Also, since I don’t have vegan margarine, can I use coconut oil in the frosting?

Hi Rosie, the peppermint flavour should be only subtle, so my advice would be to make up the frosting then add a little bit of the peppermint flavour at a time, so you can see how the flavours work together. Coconut oil in frosting can also work, I just didn’t have any when I made the cake. Happy birthday to your boy tomorrow! xxx Vanja